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First edition copy of the Hobbit found in England (www.nytimes.com)

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[–] 9point6@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

“The idea that one sat untouched on a shelf for so many years without anyone realizing its value is not just unusual,” Pieter Collier, a Tolkien specialist and bookseller, wrote in an email. “It’s astonishing.”

Is it really that astonishing? I can completely understand someone not knowing they had a first edition, having acquired it in a box from a deceased relative or something like that